This article is complementary to Claudio Margottinis technical article Instability and geotechnical problems of the Buddha niches and surrounding cliff in Bamiyan Valley, central Afghanistan, published in Vol. 1, issue 1 of this journal. The present article provides background information on the framework of UNESCOs strategies for the safeguarding of Afghanistans cultural heritage and, in particular, the Bamiyan site, the mechanisms for the development of operational projects, capacity building of national specialists, UNESCOs partnerships and its fund-raising activities for the successful implementation of projects. The Division of Cultural Heritage is closely involved in ICL, therefore, it was natural to include UNESCOs project for the safeguarding of the Bamiyan site in the framework of IPL. It was approved as IPL project C101-3 titled The geo-morphological instability of the Buddha niches and surroundings cliffs in the Bamiyan Valley.